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"Clyde" takes MVP honors with thirty-point performance!

1975 Walt Frazier All-Star Game Worn Jersey, MEARS A10."No, it wasn't my biggest honor," Frazier told reporters
after being named MVP of the 1975 NBA All-Star Game. "Winning a
Championship always is. You always think about the MVP award
though. There is a lot of personal satisfaction involved--your
family can be proud of something like this."

For the superstar New York Knicks guard, it had been his second
masterpiece at Phoenix' Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in a week's
time, as Frazier had connected for forty-three in the final contest
before the All-Star break in a meeting with the Suns. His tally
while wearing the presented garment was a game-high thirty,
outpacing a staggering array of hardcourt legends that included
John Havlicek, Earl Monroe, Tiny Archibald and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar.

The purple knit gamer tips a cap to the aesthetic history of the
southwestern locale, a uniquely fonted "East" applied to the chest
with twin stars in red and white tackle twill above a heat-pressed
number "10." Those digits are affixed beneath "Frazier" on verso in
similar format. Lower left front tail holds the proper "Spanjian"
manufacturer's label with size "42" designator, the label having
come loose from the stitching on the left edge. Wear is appropriate
for a single game of intense action, and the jersey is autographed
in 10/10 black sharpie with his famous "Clyde" nickname at lower
left chest.

Though Frazier's membership in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
and the even more exclusive NBA Fifty Greatest Players brotherhood
elevates his game used material to the peak of desirability, the
pickings have been painfully thin for collectors. Just three
jerseys, each from his Knicks service, have appeared on the hobby's
major auction block in the past fifteen years. This offering brings
the tally to four, and stands as the only known example from the
sport's most decorated exhibition. LOA from MEARS, A10. LOA from
Heritage Auctions.